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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX A, "FEE SCHEDULE," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT FEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Appendix A of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances provides a fee schedule for city permits and services, including those related to construction and development; and WHEREAS, the city has not conducted a comprehensive review of those fees in several years, and the cost of providing the services reflected therein has increased over time; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it desirable to revise these fee schedules so as to allow the city to perform the services related to said permits and related work on a break even basis, thus avoiding having to subsidize those services from the taxes of those not directly benefitting from the development; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Appendix A, Article A3.000 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris shall be and is hereby renamed "DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED PERMIT FEES." Section 3. That Appendix A, Section A3.002, "General construction and planning permit fees," shall be and is hereby amended to be renamed and to read in its entirety as follows: "Sec. A3.002 Development and General construction and planning permit fees.